Author's Note: I know one of my friends have already seen this message on messenger, but I would like to share this to you guys that I've never felt this kind feeling before...like, ever! I really don't know if I should be happy with myself of what I've done. That certain inspiration makes my head feel cool down regardless of how heavy the workload I have at work. The stress converts it to creating ideas/brainstorm on future chapters I will create soon. I hope you know what I'm saying I wish this feeling would stay a little bit longer and also support this story of mine. Again, thank you so much!

Okay, that's too much drama. This chapter tackles Kacchan's confession to his most trusted friends. How are they going to react after the tea spill? Did the defective already find out the true identity of the said villain who attacked the school? Let's find out!

Enjoy reading!

Confessions of a Former Bully - Part 1
"What is broken can be reforged."

Bakugo POV

After his sudden outburst at the principal's office, he left the school without notifying his classmates on their messenger, running like he's being chased by his tainted past with tears falling down on his face until he and finally arrived at home at 5:45 PM. The tears on his face were all dried up, once he entered the house, he found a note on a coffee table and it was written from his parents saying they went out for grocery shopping and will be home soon at 7 PM. Instead of having an early supper all by himself, he decided to lock himself inside his bedroom. He sat on a chair, facing the sunset through the window. He randomly played a song on his phone to match his sad and emotional mood.

If I'm caught in the fire

If I'm stuck under water

Would you give away your

Last breath to save me

Done a lot of things in life

I regret I regret

Things today I'd never do

My story's nothing I talk about

But I show it to you

I'm not good at talking

But I can explain it in a tune

Sometimes you wild out

Don't know when it's time out

Forgetting things like respect

Being too cool to apologize

Later, he opened his drawer from his study table and grabbed an old photo of him and Izuku. It was taken the day when the two started studying in middle school. There were things that he missed the most, his adoration of All Might, his never-ending smiles, his uplifting and carefree spirit, his greatest ambition to become a hero and help people with a wide smile, the soft and messy green hair he ruffles most of the time when he wasn't a big jerk to him during childhood years.

Not respecting your own peeps

But I promise that's the old me

Hope that you don't judge me

Forever for all my own pieces

I've changed

A lot of people, yeah they took me wrong

For all the bad moves I've made

And all the things that I've done yeah

But I promise you I'm a good man

Behind every stupid move

I promise you I'm a better man

At the end of the song, Katsuki mumbled himself while looking at the photo, thinking of him.

"Where did you go wrong, Izuku? Is there anything redeemable in you? I need to know how I could make it up to you. I-I want to find out how I could forgive myself for the mistakes I made…"

The ash blonde wiped his tears before grabbing his phone, sending a text to Todoroki and Kirishima.

"Maybe it's time for me to tell the truth. I'm tired of running and escaping from the dark past. There will be a time I will lose bonds with my classmates because of this or might expelled from the school because of what I did, but the important is that I'm being true to myself…..from now on. It's now or never then." He thought to himself.

"Katsuki! We're home!"

After sending the message, he was called by his parents downstairs knowing they returned home from grocery shopping. He fixed himself before going downstairs to help his parents in the kitchen, unpacking the items they bought.

The mother noticed her son face looking all puffed red and dried tears. She raised an eyebrow.

"Your face is all red, Katsuki? Are you sick? Did something happen at the school again?"

"It's nothing, mom…" He answered with lack of energy.

"You're not the Katsuki I raised~! What happened to the arrogant and rude side of my son?" She chuckled.

"Seriously, old hag. I'm alright." He let out a sad smile. "By the way, my classmates will be here at 8 PM to finish our take-home case study and also sleep in my room. I hope if you don't mind since its weekend."

"Anything for you, my son and with that, I'll be making dinner for all of us!" She grinned. "How about you go upstairs and clean your room. Prepare some sheets and pillows for them."

Katsuki nodded and left the kitchen to cleaning his room.

Masaru suddenly popped out of nowhere, holding a frying pan and was supposed to give it to his wife.

"I thought you needed this…just in case" The father chuckled a bit. ^^"

"How about you help me make dinner otherwise I'd shove that pan in your face?!"

"Come on, I was just kidding!"

Todoroki and Kirishima POV

At the school's main entrance

"Since you ruined everything, what are we going to do now?" The red-haired crossed his arms with a huff.

"Before we left the office, our principal told us to look after him starting today. Who knows what will happen to him next."

*their phone beeps*

The two checked their phones and it seemed Bakugo sent a message to them.

"It's Bakubro~!" He smiled.

"Yeah, I know. Let me just read the message."

To red-haired freak and half-and-half bastard…

I don't know if you could be trusted but….

Could you come over to my place at 8 PM?

I know you two are still curious to know the whole truth

Bring some extra clothes if you want to sleep in my room.

I'll send you my address…

Thanks…

Katsuki

Kirishima blinked twice upon reading the message… "Truth? What truth? He rarely sends messages to us before, but now, he's scaring me!"

Todoroki rolled his eyes. "You really don't have an idea, huh?"

The two replied back saying they will come.

"Let's pack our bags at home, tell our parents that we'll be having an overnight and we'll meet up at the nearby convenience store." Todoroki looked at Kirishima. "Don't be late."

"And now you're acting like a boss~! Yeah, yeah…" He rubbed his temples.

The two was about to leave the school in different paths until they saw a man in a detective/investigator outfit hurriedly walking inside the school campus. He was talking on the phone.

"All Might! You wouldn't believe what I've found! Please, don't leave the U.A. yet. Tell the principal and Mr. Aizawa that I solved the mystery. I repeat I have already identified the Deathsinger's background! Let's discuss in the principal's office for the rest of details and let's keep this as private and confidential as possible!" He hung up, holding an envelope as he rushed towards the campus, leaving the two students with a confused look.

"Who could that be?" Kirishima tilted his head.

Todoroki, on the other hand, blinked twice and thought to himself. "It must be him…"

And with that kind of unexpected surprise, they made them curious even more. The two hurriedly left the school to go home and pack some pair of clothes. They later met at the meeting place at 7:30 PM and walked together to go to their classmate's house.

Detective Naomasa POV

6:30 PM

Once he entered the principal's office, he was welcomed by Nezu, All Might, and Mr. Aizawa. The detective looked all exhausted from panting and the difficult case he'd handled.

The principal offered him a glass of water. "Before you present the case, drink up and rest for a couple of minutes. You must be really tired from running at the campus just to see us." He chuckled a bit.

"T-Thank you, sir." He gulped the glass of water without hesitation. There was a moment of silence for a few seconds before Aizawa asked him.

"What's the case you want to share with us? It's getting late and I still have to check some test papers~" He yawned.

All Might, but in a weaker and thin appearance chuckled. "There's still time to finish your work and its Friday. You could continue on the other day."

The detective stood up from his chair as he opened the envelope containing footage pictures from school's security cameras, one old newspaper article, personal background folder containing birth and death certificate, school records, medical test results, and surprisingly…. a copy of U.A. application form. He placed the evidence on the wide table, leaving the three completely speechless…especially All Might.

"That boy….he looks familiar. I think… I've seen this face before." He gasped while looking at the evidence. He didn't want to believe at first but started tracing some past events.

Detective Naomasa started making his presentation.

"Remember the time when we had a cybersecurity breach two years ago? Fortunately, a friend of mine from tech operations have a backup data storage and borrowed it for a short time. Thankfully, it wasn't affected so I owed him big time and became of the big contributors to help me solve this case." He grinned.

"I've finally identified the young man named 'Izuku Midoriya' A.K.A 'The Deathsinger'. A fourteen-year-old middle school student who committed suicide by hanging days before his graduation which happened three years ago. Countless medical results were found negative without the chance of having a quirk and multiple cases of bullying were the main causes why he gave up his life. His death sparked outrage and a debate from the quirkless society who had been discriminated for not having a special power." He pointed at the application paper.

"As you can see on the other paper, he applied at U.A. to study and one of the hopefuls to enroll in a hero course and I believe during the day he died…" He glanced over at Nezu. "….the U.A administration sent condolences to the family if I remember correctly."

The principal paused for a moment before he slowly nodded. Later on, he grabbed an old picture of the boy. "I was the one who made a statement regarding the issue, so yes, I did remember him."

The detective continued. "For us to make sure that he is the one, I asked some pro-heroes and police force some assistance at the local cemetery to check the boy's grave and we found out that…."

"Found out what?" All Might looked directly at him.

"The casket is empty. The body is missing and only found a black rose which symbolizes that someone or a group revived him from the dead using a quirk."

"Does that mean someone brought him back to life? Could it be from the League of Villains? All For One?" Mr. Aizawa reacted. "I've never heard that type of quirk before."

"It is possible that someone from the League of Villains and I have two primary suspects…" He brought two pictures from his pocket. "it is either Shigaraki Tomura or their boss, All For One."

"I can already judge AFO since he has multiple quirks to use without a limit. What were his motives to revive the boy anyway?" All Might said.

"In the meantime, I really can't answer that question, sir.." He paused for a moment before continuing his last final say.

"Upon gathering his DNA samples from his clothing and weapon he used during the uprising and samples from the casket, I have finally concluded that the Deathsinger is indeed Izuku Midoriya~!"

The whole room went silent for a few moments. All Might stood up and faced the three with a disappointed look on his face, ready to confess something they haven't told about.

"Upon reflecting myself after doing your presentation…. There was a time that I met this young boy once."

The three looked surprised upon hearing the confession from the hero.

"I know, it was shocking. It was after the sludge monster incident when I saved him from being drowned by the villain. He requested me to sign an autograph and before I left him, he asked me if he could also be a hero in the future even though he doesn't acquire a quirk. I was not thinking straight during the time he asked me that certain question….and so I answered no. I told him that he could be a police officer, firefighter, or even a soldier, those are also a decent profession to take up..or an alternative. That day was the most regretful thing I'd ever done in my life." He coughed a little bit.

"I-I wish…I could go back in time…and shouldn't have said it in the first place. But what caused this…is my responsibility."

And so, the urgent meeting ended with bliss, but with a hurtful revelation coming from the number one hero.

Author's Note: If you're curious the song and lyrics Kacchan was playing while being sentimental, it's called 'Last Breath' by Swedish singer Liamoo. I'll be posting the second part of the confession at the end of the week! :D Again, thank you so much for reading and I'll see you on the next chapter.